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. 1992 May;47(5):329–331. doi: 10.1136/thx.47.5.329

Role of pneumococcal antigen in the diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia.

P Venkatesan, J T Macfarlane
PMCID: PMC463744  PMID: 1609372

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